My Little JazzArt Collection

Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Grass Valley, Ca. Performance, 2016.

Well, here it is, my jazzart collection, brought to you one orĀ  two sections at a time, weather and body issues permitting.

Of course, I should first introduce you to my little onlineĀ  fine art gallery, and maybe show you around our JazzArt Exhibit, to give you the idea of how well-known and celebrity exhibited performance backdrops and panels actually have been over the past 35 years … Continue reading

Hoaxes & Happenings

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Richard Dawson, Phillip Grant, EJ Gold, Ron Matthies on Tempo TV show, circa 1969, presenting their views about the Great California Earthquake and other current issues.

Back in the 1960s, many artists were staging “Happenings”, art events of various kinds, which today might be classified under the category “performance art”, but it went way beyond that into socio-anthro issues, such as the fear that California was about to sink into the Pacific Ocean, as predicted by a local psychic. The Fellowship “unpredicted” the earthquake and said “The Big One is not scheduled for a while yet … we’ll let you know.” The story generated millions of words in print and hundreds of media hours.

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